NHL cancels more games, including All Star game

Another two weeks of the NHL schedule fell victim Friday to the failure of owners and players to reach a new labor agreement.

The NHL announced that all games through Dec. 14 have now been canceled as well as the 2013 All-Star Game that was to be played Jan. 27 in Columbus, Ohio. For the Sharks, that means 28 of 82 regular season games have now been lost -- half of them home contests at HP Pavilion that normally bring thousands of people into downtown restaurants and bars.

Deputy commissioner Bill Daly said in a prepared statement that was "extremeley disappointing" to extend the cancellations.

"We feel badly for NHL fans and particularly those in Columbus," Daly said, "and we intend to work closely with the Blue Jackets organization to return the NHL All-Star events to Columbus and their fans as quickly as possible."

The league, which lost the entire 2004-05 season to a lockout, has now axed a total of 422 regular-season games, or 34.3 percent of the current season.